Jamf buys ZecOps to bring high-end security to Apple enterprise

The Apple-in-the-enterprise story continues to unfold, this week with Jamf’s announced plans to acquire mobile threat detection and response company ZecOps.

Already consumer-simple, Jamf becomes government secure

Jamf will likely reveal more about the motivations behind the deal at its JNUC event for Apple admins, which begins tomorrow. The purchase is the latest move by the Apple-focused enterprise MDM provider to supplement device management with an increasingly effective set of tools to bolster device security.

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[updated] Important update! iPhones, Macs, and more vulnerable to zero-day bug

Categories: Apple

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Apple has patched an actively-exploited flaw that affects a host of devices and software, including iPhones, Macs, iPads, and iPod touch.

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Update now! Microsoft patches two zero-days

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The September 2022 Patch Tuesday updates includes two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is known to be used in attacks

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Apple wasn’t fooling when it said it wanted to make Macs more secure

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 04:55:00 -0700

When Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering last year said, “We have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable,” he apparently really meant it. And Apple seems to be doing about something about it.

Apple is giant taking steps to secure the Mac

Federighi characterized Apple as being in an enduring battle against malware on the Mac. He also explained that between May 2020 and May 2021 the company identified 130 types of Mac malware that infected 300,000 systems.

Given the Mac’s reputation for security, that may seem counter intuitive, but maintaining a secure platform requires constant watchfulness.

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Apple releases security update for iPhones and iPads to address vulnerability

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Tags: iOS 12.5.6

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Tags: CVE-2022-32893

Apple has released a security update for iOS 12.5.6 to patch a remotely exploitable WebKit vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on unpatched devices.

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Apple pushes out emergency updates to address zero-day exploits

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:46:00 -0700

Apple this week released urgent security updates to address zero-day vulnerabilities on older model iPhones, iPads, and iPods.

The patches, pushed out on Wednesday, address an out-of-bounds write issue that could be exploited by an attacker enabling them to take control of the affected device. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) today encouraged users and IT admins to review Apple’s advisory HT213428 and apply the necessary updates.

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